Shelf for refrigerators or sce-boxes



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A. E. NESSLE. SHELF POR RBPRIGERATQRS 0R 1GB BOXES.

No. 584,082. Patented June 8,1897.

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Patented June 8, 1897.

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SHELF FOR REFRlGERATGRS OR ICE-BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 584,082, dated June 8,1897.

Application lerl June 28, 1896. Serial No. 596,649. (lio model.)

To a-ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it hnown that I, ALBERT EMIL NESSLE, a citizen of the United States,residing' at Hohohen, Iludson county, and State of New Jersey, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelves forRefrigerators or Ice-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in shelves for refrigerators orice-boxes5 and its object is to provide a refrigerator or ice-box withadjustable slats by thus applying a simple and inexpensive device forstoring food and bottles or other vessels at the same time in under partof refrigerator or ice-box Without the necessity of disturbing the upperpart containing the ice, which is at present generally used as a storageplace for bottles and other vessels of greater dimensions not easilyplaced in under part of refrigerator orice-box. Thus my new device forrefrigerators or ice boxes will be of the greatest convenience to thehousekeeper, as the handling of an ice,- box is made easier and theeconomical part when taken into consideration will show the greatestreduction on consumption of ice during the hot season, as theice-chamber will be lcept constantly closed with the exception of suchtimes as the supply of ice has to be renewed.

To these ends iny'invention consists in certain features of constructionand iu the comn binatiou of parts which are hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis speciiication, wherein similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis a perspective front view of shelf. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideview of shelf on line 2 2 in Fig. l. Eig. 3 is a perspective side viewof part of shelf, showing the adjustable slats in the differentpositions. Fig. i is a sectional front view of shelf online 3 3 in Fig.l. Fig. 5 is a refrigerator or ice-box provided with my new shelvingdevice.

A shelf N of a square area is stationary, connected to a Ushaped frame MM. M2, whereby the length of the latter will cover about one-third ofthe length of combined shelf N M M M2. (Shown in Figs. l and et.) Asboth the shelf N and the frame M M M2 are to be combined in one, it willbe advisable to have them constructed out of one piece of sheet metal,so as to reduce the cost of manufacturing the same. The combined shelf NM M M2 is resting on angle-squares S. The latter already are applied toany ice-box and are serving' as supporters for the lower shelf. The sideparts M M2 of the LJ-shaped frame are to be provided with grooves G,which are to be sunk into the frame to about the height of the slats Por less, this to be guided by the thickness of the slats P, which are tobe used to cover the U-shaped frame, Figs. l, 2, and 3. A series ofslats P, connected together by means of galvanized-iron chains O, whenapplied to the grooves G will give a uniform appearance to the combinedshelf. Thus the whole surface of inner shelf can be utilized for storingand cooling purposes, Figs. l, 2, and

In case bottles or other vessels of greater dimensions should be placedin the cold-air chamber of ice-box one or more of the framecoveringslats I can be shifted backward by placing one over the other, wherebythe rear part of the shelf can yet be used for storing purposes. y Thespace required for storing purposes can easily be regulated by thenumber of slats being shifted forward or backward, thus obtaining thespace required for storing bottles or vessels of greater dimensions.This combined shelf N M M M2 is to be made in sizes so as to fit thedifferent numbers of boxes being standard on the market. Thus theyeasily can be adjusted to any iceboX, whether new or already in use,without the slightest mechanical difficulty. To avoid any possiblebending of the combined shelf, I apply to the frame M' M2 one or twogalvanized-iron rods L and locate them on the extreme end of theextending parts, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and il.

Having thus described my invention, I claini'as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- In a shelf for ice-boxes or refrigerators acombination of a shelf N of a square area, and a U -shaped frame M M M2of which the two extending parts or arms Iv. M2 are to be provided withgrooves Gv, fitted to receive the slats P which latter are connectedtogether by means of chains.

.ALBERT EMIL NESSLE.

lVitnesses:

ALFRED TSCH'LNKEL, Louis BERGMANN.

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